Re: foster the people?

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Pumped Up Kicks has been pretty big on XM's alternative station. Helena's ok too... but yeah, they only have 3 songs released. Since their stuff sounds like it's been handled considerably in the studio, I could see them either being really cool or really crappy... but if they were Meh before according to you, Coachilla, maybe a bit more time in front of some crowds has helped them along...

Since they're so heavily produced, however, I'm not sure the singer can sing at all.

Re: foster the people?

I'm not going to lie, I've been on track with them since before they got their new keyboardist, and personally can't stand them because of their vocals, but they got a new keyboardist after they did their recordings and this new guy knows what the fuck he's doing. He adds another element to their sound and instead of hating their set I was sort of impressed because of their new keyboardist. And yes, they can handle the live environment. They've been playing their asses off in the Southern California area in order to get it down these days. The show I saw was just about a month ago

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just saw them play their free cosmo shows in vegas and they were a ton of fun. lots of energy, especially the new keyboardist. their songs are incredibly catchy. even though i saw their 2 performances tonight and will be another set tomorrow, they're also on my list for coachella.

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sounds like MGMT.... but not as good.

Coachella 07 (the introduction), 08 (the bands), 09 (the documentary), 10 (the people i came with), 11 (the relationship test... we passed), 12 (whatever the weather, Dirty Epic forever), 13 (the year of the troll)

Re: foster the people?

Originally Posted by wewantmuse

just saw them play their free cosmo shows in vegas and they were a ton of fun. lots of energy, especially the new keyboardist. their songs are incredibly catchy. even though i saw their 2 performances tonight and will be another set tomorrow, they're also on my list for coachella.

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Discovering these guys thanks to some live vids from SXSW, and really liking what I've heard so far. Look forward to hopefully catching them in the afternoon on Sunday. They're also playing a show in downtown Sac in June that was only $11.50 so I swooped a ticket for that.

Originally Posted by ramblinon

Since they're so heavily produced, however, I'm not sure the singer can sing at all.

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I'm listening to a radio in-studio session; stripped-down, acoustic with no effects. It's terrific. They are touring with a bigger band of course but I was shocked at what good singers they are. I'll post a link to the audio when it's online at The Current.

They just jumped way up the list for me. Their show in Mpls tonight has been sold-out for awhile; Pumped Up Kicks is very popular here.

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I wouldn't exactly blame Foster the People on the late start. Ellie Goulding was scheduled to end at 5:40 and she may have gone 5 minutes over. When we came back at 6:50 (FTP's scheduled start time), Tinie Tempah was still playing (they were scheduled to finish at 6:30).

By the time FTP started, the Gobi had about as many people standing around it as there were inside. I think lots were expecting to catch thier set and then move over to the National and Duran Duran, but the late start really Fucked that plan up. By the time they got to Pumped up Kicks, more than half the crowd had already left.

Originally Posted by dj12inches

What makes me qualified? I've watched EVERY fucking episode of American Idol, and every single episode of The Voice...Forget that I won departmental music awards when I was in the 8th grade choir.